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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 8499854, member: 73983&quot;]Well this was an interesting one.&nbsp; I saw it among a whole bunch of others in a case.&nbsp; When I took a closer look at it, I was floored.&nbsp; I had to really study it and look for some hidden hairlines that showed up at a certain angle.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t for the life of me find anything that would cause PCGS to grade this the way they did.&nbsp; While the luster is not booming like an early &#039;80&#039;s S Mint it was pretty good.&nbsp; The die is getting a little long in the tooth with several die cracks.&nbsp; But the strike was still pretty decent, most of the hair is defined on Liberty and the eagle&#039;s breast feathers are all there.&nbsp; So it wasn&#039;t strike related. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is graded MS-64 and in a relatively newer PCGS holder.&nbsp; The dealer was asking 65 money for it, which I thought was not terrible for the color and the coin inside.&nbsp; I did ask the dealer if he was flexible on the price and he replied no.&nbsp; So I paid him what he was asking.&nbsp; Just a minute or two later, I heard a familiar voice.&nbsp; I look over and it&#039;s Jerry Bobbe.&nbsp; I figured, hey if there is anyone in this room who can tell me what PCGS was thinking grading this coin the way they did, he would be the best to ask.&nbsp; I&#039;ve ran into Jerry several times at these local shows and I asked him if he wouldn&#039;t mind taking a look at this Morgan Dollar.&nbsp; He said no problem and I handed it over to him.&nbsp; He did a double take.&nbsp; He&#039;s like &quot;wait a second, why is this a 64?&quot;&nbsp; He looks over at me and smiles, let me take a better look at this if you don&#039;t mind.&nbsp; I said go right ahead.&nbsp; He got his higher power loupe out and really started to look it over.&nbsp; He told me, I&#039;m looking for something that will make me hate this coin to grade it a 64.&nbsp; He looked and looked.&nbsp; After a few minutes he said, &quot;the only thing I can see and maybe this is why they graded it this way, is the luster on the cheek right near the ear looks just a tad disturbed.&nbsp; Not like circulation, but more like somebody did something to it.&nbsp; It&#039;s just barely noticeable.&quot; He said the texture looks just a tad off.&nbsp; I said I thought it looked like a worn die that had been pitted very lightly with rust.&nbsp; I could see the tell tale very small raised dots that a rusted die would produce and that was it.&nbsp; In the end, he said nice coin.&nbsp; I thought so too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder what he would have graded it had I given it to him blindly without the grade visible?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here she is.&nbsp; The nicest looking MS-64 I&#039;ve ever bought.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1503703[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1503702[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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